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    A PERSISTING SECULAR TREND FOR BODY MEASUREMENTS IN DUTCH CHILDREN - THE OOSTERWOLDE-II STUDY

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    To investigate whether the secular trend for growth in Dutch children still exists, the Oosterwolde I study of 1980 was repeated in 1989. A persisting secular trend was visible for height while the z scores of body proportions show no change during the past 10 years, which suggests that there is no change in the timing of puberty
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